Sendicate - Features, Pricing, Alternatives, and More

Reviewed by Matthew Guay

Last updated January 27, 2015

Emails are so easy to send, if you're only sending a message to one person. You'll just open your email app, click the Compose or New Message button, write your message and send it. Or, you can write half of the message, then come back later and easily finish up the draft and send it. Try to send the same message to thousands of readers, though, and you'll end up with a half-dozen steps you need to complete before your message is sent.

Sendicate is an email marketing app that tries to make it as simple to write and send an email newsletter as it is to send one email to your friend. Whether you write your emails and send them right away, or prefer to draft your email ideas and then come back to them when you're ready to send, Sendicate's designed to make it simple to turn your thoughts into an email and send it to your entire list without having to worry too much about the details of sending bulk emails.

When you open Sendicate, you'll see previews of your most recent draft emails followed by your recently sent messages. You can dive back into a draft, finish it up, and send it just by selecting its entry. Or, you can tap the Compose tab at the top of the page to start writing a new email. You'll have sending options at the top, much like in a normal email app—only this time, you'll select a list of contacts instead of entering individual email addresses for your recipients.

Then, it's time to lay out your email. You can pick from columns, headlines, images, or video sections to add to your message. Click one, and you'll see options to add the appropriate media and accompanying text. You might just pick a simple 1 column layout for a longer letter, or just an image or headline section for an announcement email. Or, you can make a longer email; just add as many sections as you need, then reorder them to present your news in the best way possible.

Now that you've got the content of your email ready, click the Preview Email link to see how your message will look in your recipients' inboxes. There's a number of simple designs for your emails, all of which work with any layout you choose for your emails. Or, you can add your own designs to make your emails looks the way you want. Then, it's time to send your message. Just click the orange Send final email button, or send yourself a test email first to make sure everything's fine.

You'll still need subscribers on your lists for your emails to have any effect, but you won't have to worry too much about them. Sendicate has simple signup forms, as well as spreadsheet and copy/paste import to bring along all of your contacts. Or, you can add contacts via its API or Zapier's integration. Then, you can segment your subscribers to make sure they get the emails that will interest them most, and schedule your emails to be sent at the time you want.

Mostly, though, you'll just have to think about your emails and the words and pictures you're sharing in them. Sendicate keeps all of the extra details out of sight, so you can focus on crafting the best emails possible.

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